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David Hare quotes: Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

David Hare quotes: One of the things I find about getting older is that I seem to get louder, more voluble; that I constantly have to walk around repressing my vitality.

One of the things I find about getting older is that I seem to get louder, more voluble; that I constantly have to walk around repressing my vitality.

David Hare quotes: I'm trying to write something in which you know that it's all about sex but you never see any.

I'm trying to write something in which you know that it's all about sex but you never see any.

David Hare quotes: Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

David Hare quotes: In those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable.

In those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable.

David Hare quotes: When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths.

When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths.

David Hare quotes: Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

David Hare quotes: I'm vey bad at marshaling arguments. I can't, at a dinner party, explain why I'm a socialist and why others should be socialists as well.

I'm vey bad at marshaling arguments. I can't, at a dinner party, explain why I'm a socialist and why others should be socialists as well.

David Hare quotes: Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

David Hare quotes: One of the depressing things in England is the total orthodoxy: the law is handed down from Downing Street.

One of the depressing things in England is the total orthodoxy: the law is handed down from Downing Street.

David Hare quotes: If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.

If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.

David Hare quotes: The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.

The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.

David Hare quotes: Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

David Hare quotes: Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century.

Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century.

David Hare quotes: Oh damn and fuck show business and all its ways.

Oh damn and fuck show business and all its ways.

David Hare quotes: The future of American film lies on television.

The future of American film lies on television.

David Hare quotes: The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

David Hare quotes: On September 11th, America changed. Yes. It got much stupider.

On September 11th, America changed. Yes. It got much stupider.

David Hare quotes: To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

David Hare quotes: No one but a fool is always right.

No one but a fool is always right.

David Hare quotes: The world was created this morning. No such thing as the past ...

The world was created this morning. No such thing as the past ...

David Hare quotes: As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

David Hare quotes: Children always turn to the light.

Children always turn to the light.

David Hare quotes: Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

David Hare quotes: Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

David Hare quotes: Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

David Hare quotes: I actually think love changes everything. I think it's the only thing worth having.

I actually think love changes everything. I think it's the only thing worth having.

David Hare quotes: An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.

David Hare quotes: 'Via Dolorosa' is the only thing I have ever acted in my life, professionally, and I'll never act again.

'Via Dolorosa' is the only thing I have ever acted in my life, professionally, and I'll never act again.

David Hare quotes: Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer.

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer.

David Hare quotes: America is a crippled giant, England is a sick gnome.

America is a crippled giant, England is a sick gnome.

David Hare quotes: The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

David Hare quotes: You can't get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

You can't get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

David Hare quotes: The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity.

The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity.

David Hare quotes: I believe love opens people up.

I believe love opens people up.

David Hare quotes: Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

David Hare quotes: Surely our job while we're here on Earth is to learn about the world, not to create parallel universes.

Surely our job while we're here on Earth is to learn about the world, not to create parallel universes.

David Hare quotes: In the '70s, terrorism was much more serious, in that many more people got killed.

In the '70s, terrorism was much more serious, in that many more people got killed.

David Hare quotes: The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.

David Hare quotes: The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

David Hare quotes: Smiles are the language of love.

Smiles are the language of love.

David Hare quotes: You make love like a wounded panther. You are like a paintshop on fire.

You make love like a wounded panther. You are like a paintshop on fire.

David Hare quotes: I never used to kill characters, because I thought killing characters was cheating.

I never used to kill characters, because I thought killing characters was cheating.

David Hare quotes: I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

David Hare quotes: Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

David Hare quotes: In oratory the will must predominate.

In oratory the will must predominate.

David Hare quotes: No single move traps the king.

No single move traps the king.